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sausages

sausages is the plural of sausage.

Meaning of sausage

Noun

sausage (countable and uncountable, plural sausages)

  1. A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped synthetic casing.
  2. An individual item of this food.
    • "When frying sausages," remarked Cripps, who seemed to regard that occupation as a cult, "it is advisable to perforate the outer skin with a fork."1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 44
  3. A sausage-shaped thing.
  4. (slang, vulgar) A penis.
  5. (informal) A term of endearment.
    • my little sausage
  6. (archaic) A saucisse.

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Phrases with sausages

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Questions about sausages

What is sausages the plural of?
Sausages is the plural of sausage.

Words near sausages in the dictionary

  1. sausagemakers
  2. sausagemaking
  3. sausagemeat
  4. sausager
  5. sausagers
  6. sausages
  7. sausagey
  8. sausagier
  9. sausagiers
  10. sausagiest
  11. sausaging

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